Tannery discharge

Direct discharge into the Chicago River from W.N. Eisendrath & Company Tannery. About thirty tanneries, which turned animal hides from the stockyards into leather products, once lined the North Branch. Owners depended on the river for water to clean their facilites and to remove its waste....

Direct discharge into the Chicago River from W.N. Eisendrath & Company Tannery. About thirty tanneries, which turned animal hides from the stockyards into leather products, once lined the North Branch. Owners depended on the river for water to clean their facilites and to remove its waste.... (The Lost Panoramas)

Direct discharge into the Chicago River from W.N. Eisendrath & Company Tannery. About thirty tanneries, which turned animal hides from the stockyards into leather products, once lined the North Branch. Owners depended on the river for water to clean their facilites and to remove its waste....The Lost Panoramas